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The Daseke family of flatbed carriers had drivers hauling and delivering boxes of wreaths for Wreaths Across America to honor veterans who served the U.S. http://bit.ly/1IkJJzn

Wreaths Across America, started in 1992 as a project to decorate graves of veterans at Arlington National Cemetery, has grown into a national endeavor in which more than 900,000 wreaths were laid this year. Involvement in Wreaths Across America helps reaffirm the Daseke companies’ commitment to veterans, who make up a sizable portion of their workforces.

No cargo carries as much emotional weight as the boxes of wreaths that drivers from five Daseke companies hauled from a small town in Maine to cemeteries and memorial sites across the country. The wreaths were to honor those who have served their country. he Daseke companies that participated were Boyd Bros. Transportation, Lone Star Transportation, J. Grady Randolph, Central Oregon Truck Co. and Smokey Point Distributing.

About a quarter of the wreaths transported, went to Arlington for National Wreaths Across America Day ceremonies on Dec. 12, but the rest went to 1,100 veterans’ cemeteries. Getting the wreaths to the cemeteries required the participation of 169 carriers, trucking and moving and storage companies, according to Marli D. Riggs, development coordinator with the Truckload Carriers Association, which handles the logistics for loading and delivering the wreaths.

For the public, Wreaths Across America’s mission is summed up in its motto, “Remember. Honor. Teach.” The wreaths, laid on gravestones and markers, honor those who served and sacrificed. It serves as a reminder to those still living that “every stone tells a story.”

Thank you to our operating companies and their drivers for their continued participation in this patriotic endeavor.